5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Una birra semplicemente strepitosa. La sua complessità è pari a quella di un buon whisky, ma con tutti i vantaggi dell’essere birra, e quindi alcol contenuto e buona bevibilità. La Ola Dubh merita 5 di diritto.
4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
My 1000th rating. 11.2 oz. brown bottle, comes in a special black box, with a metal seal around the neck. Bottle number 09563. Bottled Sept. 2007. Poured out an inky black color, with a 1/2" thick mocha colored head. Aromas are of whiskey barrel, Highland Scotch, vanilla, roasted espresso beans.
Flavors are of Highland Scotch, oak barrel, roasted coffee beans, vanilla, burnt sugars, earthy hops. Thick mouthfeel, rich and chewy. Flavors linger on your tongue for a good long while after drinking it.
Damn good beer by any standard.
Good pick for my 1000th rating too.
4.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
33 cl, bottle # 09386, Sept 07. Another opaque black pour with the creamiest, inch thick head this side of nitro. Aroma is smoky, piquant hickory with caramel, vanilla and cocoa. Flavor is smoky hickory, caramel, vanilla and milk chocolate turning to sherry and cured tobacco. Medium-heavy body is smooth, sticky, and slightly drying on the finish. If this (and the other O. D.s) weren’t so expensive I could drink it till I drowned.
4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Geweldig bier! Wederom. Na het proeven van de "12" waren de verwachtingen van de "30" natuurlijk hooggespannen. Maar ik moet zeggen, het bier voldeed aan alle verwachtingen. Qua uiterlijk, geur en smaak bijna gelijk aan de "12". Zeer complexe smaak. Whiskey, rook, chocolade en mout. Waar ik bij de "12" zei: ’Iets voller en steviger en hij zou perfect zijn.’ Deze Ola Dubh 30 is iets voller en steviger. De smaak blijft net iets langer hangen. En de presentatie is natuurlijk geweldig. Alleen al voor het doosje en de fles. Een ervaring. Op zoek naar de "40"!
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: FEB 10, 2012 11.3 oz bottle pours black. Hint of scotch in the aroma and taste. I love this beer
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Inatteso regalo di compleanno da un vero amico.
Colore nerissimo,con schiuma marrone e sottile di scarsa persistenza.Aroma meraviglioso,cioccolato,whisky,malto.In bocca è altrettanto ricca:cioccolato nero con sentori di vaniglia,whisky e foglie di quercia.Eccezionale.Vale tutti i soldi che il mio amico ha speso!
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours pitch black with a light, brown head. Aroma is very rich with roasted malts, coffee, alcohol and perhaps some apple. Equally rich flavor is roasted malts, coffee, some hops and alcohol. Superb.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
This smells like a nice stout. This it crazy. It alternates between thick and thin. Sweet and with an initial bite that mellows out. This is the hoppiest of the three oddly. Excellent.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Loving Scotch and Loving Beer...there is nothing better than this. High price, fine. It is worth it. Perfectly balanced barrel flavour with a delicious dark beer. Not as sweet as those beers aged in former bourbon casks. I’ll pop a number on this one with no problem.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Rating 2000. Sampled from an 11.2 oz brown bottle this beer poured thick, black and oily with a medium sized dark brown head. The aroma was full of chocolate, vanilla, wood, tobacco and touches of floral and fruity hops. The flavor was woody, malty and had notes of port wined, vanilla, smoke, tobacco, cream and malted milk. Subtle, refined and complex. The finish was long and interesting. Smooth and creamy body. Excellent.
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